John Townshend
John Townshend may refer to:
- Sir John Townshend (died 1603), MP and soldier, ancestor of the Marquesses Townshend, killed in a duel
- Lord John Townshend, British Whig politician, MP for Cambridge University, Westminster and Knaresborough
- John Townshend, 4th Marquess Townshend, his son, British naval commander
- John Townshend, 5th Marquess Townshend, his son, British peer and Liberal MP for Tamworth, 1856–1863
- John Townshend, 6th Marquess Townshend, his son, British peer
- John Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney, British peer
- John Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney, his son, MP for Whitchurch, 1826–1831, Lord Chamberlain and Lord Steward
- John Townshend (cook), author of ''The Universal Cook''